Then you hit the ceiling and suddenly work becomes a chore. It isn’t exciting anymore and you’re not making any more money than you did a year ago. Instead of feeling like you are making progress in life you feel like you are being held back.

While inflation eats into your take home pay the demands of your job keep getting bigger.

Then you start looking at the more tempting things on offer elsewhere. The kind of things that will rescue you from this treadmill you find yourself on.

One of those things might be property. Or buy-to-let property.

With property you can make money without having to turn up for work in the morning. Eventually you won’t need to deal with the boss or staff appraisals that tell you that you must improve.

With buy-to-let property your tenant pays you and you are in charge. You can also spend time doing the things you enjoy rather than the things you don’t.

But here’s the thing, the job is what gets you the property in the end. If you begin to look at your job as the way to achieve your investment dreams then it becomes easier to do that job.

Property investment is your long term life project. Your job is the vehicle that gets you there. Don’t give it up too soon and don’t give up on your dreams of escape.